On both sides of the Shu Road, between the high mountains and lofty mountains, there are not only thousands of rocks and ravines surrounded by steaming clouds and rosy clouds, but also beautiful scenery of mountains, bright waters, pink willows and red willows.

At this moment, on Micang Road, a mountain road between towering mountains, Zhang He's troops and horses were rushing forward.

He was the vanguard, and Cao Cao personally held down the center army, following behind him.

Bazhong leads to Micang Road;

Litchi Road leads to Fuling.

Although they are both important places in Shu, their strategic positions are completely different. Taking Bazhong can directly attack Chengdu, but taking Fuling... is to block Jingzhou's thousands of miles of reinforcements.

Now...compared to Fuling, which Xu Huang captured by taking the mountain road, Bazhong's position is undoubtedly more important, which is why Cao Cao personally held the battle for Zhang He.

"——General Zhang, the left wing has been explored and there is no ambush!"

"——General Zhang, the right wing has also been explored, and there is no ambush."

Because of the "difficulty of the road to Shu" and because Cao Cao was behind him, Zhang He did not dare to be careless in the slightest. He had to carefully explore the surroundings at every mountain road to ensure that there was no ambush.

How did Pang Tong, Liu Bei's military advisor, die in this mountain road?

Zhang He had heard about it.

only…

Ahead is "Jiangzhou", the seat of Bajun, but along the way, are there any ambushes in all directions?

Zhang He whispered to himself: "It seems that the Prime Minister's strategy has worked. The entire Mi Cang Road...the Shu army has removed its protection...and is unobstructed."

Speaking of this, Zhang He's son Zhang Xiong laughed and said: "My father was too careful, otherwise...he could have arrived here half a day earlier, and the prime minister is right behind him. In this battle...my father will definitely make a great contribution!"

Zhang He glanced at his son Zhang Xiong gently, and reminded him: "The way of using troops is ever-changing. Our opponent is Zhuge Kongming. This has caused the prime minister to suffer big losses many times. Don't be careless!"

Suddenly, a soldier shouted towards the top of Jiangzhou City: "There is someone at the top of the city!"

Zhang He quickly looked up, only to see two flags flying on top of the city. One side said "Han Military Advisor General Zhuge Liang" and the other side said "We'll be waiting for you for a long time"...

The flag fluttered in the west wind, like a provocation to Zhang He's army.

"Have you deployed your defenses in advance?"

Zhang He showed a worried look and murmured: "Why is Zhuge Liang here at this time?"

With this in mind, Zhang He ordered: "Tell the Prime Minister that the other soldiers advance slowly...be careful around you."

As he spoke, Zhang He kept gripping his spear tightly. Because of his emotional contamination, the entire Cao army seemed a little nervous and heavily guarded.

Speaking of which…

The characteristic of Zhang He's command of the army is "clever changes"...

This is completely opposite to "Ma Su".

Both of them are familiar with the art of war, but one can integrate the theory of the art of war into the battlefield, adapting measures to local conditions and the time.

But one only knows how to "talk on paper"!

It should be noted that during the Battle of Jieting in history, Ma Su was trapped on the mountain by Zhang He.

He didn't panic at all, because he was referring to an article in "The Art of War: Nine Places" by Sun Tzu - "Destroy the land and then survive, die and then live."

According to this art of war, if the soldiers are put to death, they will fight to the end in order to survive, bursting out several times their combat effectiveness.

But Zhang He understood it so well that he specially left a gap in the encirclement. With the hope of escape, Ma Di's soldiers' determination to die was reduced by more than half.

Zhang He then set up an ambush at the gap and defeated Ma Su's soldiers one by one.

This is a reference to "The Must-Have Encirclement" from "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Military Struggle"!

This is a coincidence... It's a military study, but not a death study!

It is precisely for this reason that Zhang He is well versed in the art of war. Even if it is a surprise attack, he is cautious and never underestimates his opponent.

What's more, this time, his opponent is Zhuge Kongming.

The army moved forward slowly, and when they got close to Jiangzhou, Zhang He was shocked to find Zhuge Liang standing on the city tower. He subconsciously looked around, but found that the city gate was open, and several veterans were cleaning it.

Zhang He was puzzled, yet extremely alert...

"The shields are on both sides, and the crossbowmen are in the middle. Be careful of ambush around you!"

Zhang He once again defeated the enemy.

The entire Cao army quickly changed their formation.

Suddenly, something screamed from the nearby trees.

"Shoot -" Zhang He gave the order, and countless arrows were fired... rows of feathered arrows densely covered the forest, but... only a few elk in the forest were shot down.

Everyone let out a long sigh and realized that they were too nervous and too sensitive...

call…

Zhang He adjusted his mood. He looked at Zhuge Liang on the tower and whispered: "Is this a mystery, or is there an ambush? Since the city gate is open, we might as well..."

Immediately, Zhang He pointed his gun at Zhuge Liang on the tower.

"——Send five hundred soldiers into the city!"

"No!" At this moment, a voice roared, Zhang He turned his head, and Cao Cao rode out amid the guard of a group of Tiger and Ben troops.

"Prime Minister..." Zhang He quickly handed over his hand and explained: "The gate of Jiangzhou City is open, Zhuge Liang is on the Jiangzhou City Tower, and the general plans to send a small army first to test its depth and make a decision!"

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and did not answer.

He just looked at the tower and Zhuge.

In the battle of Chibi, Hua Rong was there.

That tragic defeat, that rout... was vivid in his mind, as if it was before his eyes again, awakening the depths of his memory.

In Cao Cao's eyes...

Zhuge Liang is comparable to Zhou Yu, and Zhuge Liang is more cautious and meticulous than Zhou Yu.

How could such a person go into danger alone...

How could there not be an ambush in Jiangzhou City?

Cao Cao was suspicious by nature...

At the time of Changbanpo, Zhang Fei was able to defeat Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops with just a few dozen cavalry.

Not to mention now, Jiangzhou is ten times more mysterious than under Dangyang Bridge?

"Prime Minister, no matter what...send a small group of soldiers to investigate inside and find out the reality...this is the best policy!" Zhang He knows how to adapt. At this time, when his opponent is trying to raise suspicions, he should first explore the reality.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand. "I'm not busy...wait a little longer!"

Over the years, too many stories about Chibi have reached Cao Cao's ears, and the defeat of Chibi... Cao Cao has had countless nightmares over the years.

Especially the east wind.

Zhuge Liang can borrow the east wind, how evil is he!

——He is a villager from Zhuge;

——Moreover, the demon Zhuge!

From the bottom of his heart, the more Zhuge Liang opened the city gate, the more fearful Cao Cao became.

Just then...

A tiger warrior said a few words in Xu Chu's ear, and then handed Xu Chu a bamboo tube.

Xu Chu quickly walked to Cao Cao's side.

"Prime Minister... this is an urgent item from Jingzhou. It was sent here ten days ago. There was a heavy snowfall before and the urgent item was trapped in Shangyong. Now the snow road has been cleared before it can be sent here."

As Xu Chu spoke, he opened the bamboo tube and handed the bamboo slips inside to Cao Cao.

Because Hanzhong was newly conquered, there was no post station built between Hanzhong and the Central Plains, and the flying pigeons did not have time to make a special training trip.

Therefore, the flying pigeon is still unable to deliver the letter...

Compared to Shuzhong, the transmission of information was undoubtedly a lot slower, and there happened to be heavy snowfall, so the letter could not be delayed.

At this moment, Cao Cao had already unfolded the letter.

But... it would have been better if the letter was not unfolded. As soon as it was unfolded, Cao Cao's expression became condensed, and drops of sweat immediately formed on his forehead.

"Prime Minister..."

Zhang He and Xu Chu spoke in unison.

"Something happened, Wenpin died -" Cao Cao blurted out...

Ah... Zhang He and Xu Chu were both stunned.

Wenpin is the iron wall of Jiangxia! What will Jiangxia do if he dies?

Without giving them any time to be surprised, Cao Cao continued, "Lü Chang, Niu Jin, Man... Man Chong, Man Boning... are all dead too!"
To be continued...